Short Summary

Russia starts a political offensive.

Description

Various.

Satellite Launched. GV. Russian satellite travelling round earth. GV. Street scene in Leningrad. SV. Russians buying newspapers at bookstall containing news of the satellite, & SCU. CU. American newspapers telling of the satellite. LV. Group of Russians standing round model of the world and having satellite's path explained to them by an instructor - this is happening on the street. CU. Bearded Russian pointing to the globe. CU. Young Russian boy listening. GV. Russian observatory staff watching skies through telescopes. CU. Man looking through telescope. GV. Steamer passing down waterway. SV. Girls looking through binoculars at the sky to see if they can see the satellite.

Hydropower Station Opened. GV. Sun setting across the river. LV. Water rushing through the dam at the Kuibyshev Hydropower Station. GV. Power station. SV. Part of the power plant. LV. Crowd of people standing round waiting for the switching on of the aggregate. CU. Hand pulling lever. SV. Man in power room, as turbine starts to turn overhead. CU. Meter. SV. Chief engineer Sarkisov being congratulated by his fellow workers on this great day as the power station has now reached its full capacity of 2,100,000 kilowatts. CU. Water rushing through the dam.

Interview with Labour Party Secretary Morgan Philips. SV. Bill Simons with Mr Morgan Philips. SCU. Letter sent by Mr Khruschev to the British Socialist Party - request to support Russia in the Middle East.

CU. Mr Morgan Philips speaks (natural sound): "Well that's a very big question I'm sure you realise, but this I will say, that you cannot possibly hope to solve the problem of the Middle East unless Russia is brought in consultation." SV. Bill Simons & Mr. Philips who continues: "I think if the American Government & the British Government were to get together, make up their minds that we would negotiate for oil on a commercial basis & give economical aid to the area, remove poverty and injustice & deal with the refugee fund I think we could solve Peace, the Problem of Peace for the next ten or twenty years."

Interview with Conservative Robert Boothby. SV. Bill Simons with Sir Robert Boothby. CU. Sir Robert Boothby is about to answers off screen question: "Sir Robert, what do you think is the solution to Middle East troubles?" Sir Robert: "Well that's a pretty tough question isn't it, I haven't found it I don't think anybody has, but I would like to make it quite clear that I don't regard this Turkish-Syrian thing as the major problem of the Middle East, this is a by-product of the recent Soviet diplomatic drive in the Middle East and of course it's an anxious business because it has given rise to great tension but I don't think myself that is is going to result in war."

Prime Minister Macmillan and President Eisenhower Meeting Ends. GV. The White House. SV. Eisenhower & Macmillan with Dulles and Lloyd on the steps of the White House.

Khruschev sacks Marshall Zhukov. LV. Marshall Zhukov stepping from Russian airliner in Belgrade. SV. Zhukov being greeted by another military commander. SCU. Zhukov walking away from airliner to meet other soldiers. SV. Zhukov walking down line of soldiers shaking hands with them.

UNO Debates Syria. GV. United Nations building in New York. GV. Interior of the UN building. SV. Gromyko on the extreme right.

Anglo-American Co-operation in Nuclear Science. GV. Radio chemical centre at Amersham showing men working mechanical hands from outside of cabinet. SCU. Man, pan down to show mechanical hands processing radioactive material. SV. Inside cabinet, mechanical hands shifting bottles about. GV. Another part of lab - people working. SV. Girl approaches man operating mechanical hands and hands him a container which he places inside glass cabinet and starts to operate mechanical hands. SCU. Mechanical hand grabs isotope and places it in canister. He takes canister out by hand. GV. Man checking boxes ready to go to customers for radioactivity. CU. Box on floor and instrument being waved over it. CU. Clock and needle swinging packing monitor. GV. Interior - sales office. SCU. Girl working at air bookings board - sent anywhere in the world in four days.
Americans Launch Vanguard Rocket. GV. Rocket site in America. GV. Cameramen preparing. GV. Vapour trail from rocket in the sky. GV. Nightfall. SV. Spectators with binoculars. SCU. Man with long-lensed camera. GV. 'Jupiter' rocket going up at night, search lights shining on it.

GV. 'Vanguard' rocket standing ready, & GTV. GV. Rocket on site. GTV. Rope falls away as she fires and smoke billows out from base. Rocket starts to rise and goes out of picture. AS. Rocket in the sky. GV. Rocket going up - this sequence is in slow motion from point of firing. Rocket is capable of carrying hydrogen bomb to the other side of the world - claims voiceover.